Brazilian farmers — like Luis "Lucas" Everaldo Noguiera de Deus — climb the skinny A farmer harvests açaí berries in rural Brazil.Kadeh FerreiraHarvesting açaí in the Amazon rainforest ...

At the port of Igarapé da Fortaleza, in the far north of Brazil, dock workers unload large orange-red sacks from small wooden boats. Small dark berries scatter around the dock, staining ...

IGARAPÉ-MIRI, Brazil — Hiding in a bedroom, the boy quietly wrung his hands. Strangers were at the door. He worried they had come to take him back to the life he had just escaped — out in the ...

While exports of the berries have skyrocketed, small farmers don't receive much profit from sales. Insider traveled to Brazil to learn how açaí goes from the trees to smoothie shops around the world.

Acai exports from Brazil have risen more than 16,000 percent over the past decade, expanding in markets from the U.S. to Japan and Australia, according to FIEPA, the federation of industries in ...

He said Brazil also seeks to supply acai, a small and dark purple berry of a South American palm tree, along with coffee and cachaça, a Brazilian distilled spirit from fermented sugarcane juice.

Owners Lucas and Jamille Chamon are originally from Brazil, where they first discovered the açaí blend they serve alongside fresh fruit, granola and other health-conscious toppings.

A new coffee concept with “Brazilian DNA” is heading for the Orlando area. Kitanda Coffee and Acai has plans to open three new stores starting in March, expanding outside of the Pacific ...